The idea that pain signals must pass through a type of "doorway" in the spinal cord is referred to as the ______________ theory of pain
a) opponent-process
b) revolving door
c) substance P
d) gate-control
ANS: D, The gate-control theory is based on the concept of a doorway in the spinal cord.
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A. rejected B. reclusive C. controversial D. neglected
The term ____ refers to temperature regulation and other biological processes that keep body variables within a fixed range
a. negative feedback b. positive feedback c. homeothermic d. thermostasis
Suppose that you are assigning eight college students to two committees. By chance, one committee has four students from the social sciences, and the other has four students from the humanities
If people protest that this arrangement does not seem to be random, they are following a. the confirmation bias. b. the base-rate fallacy. c. the availability heuristic. d. the representativeness heuristic.
When people can laugh at their mistakes, they can cope with
a. less stress. c. little stress. b. more stress. d. none of these.